Carolyn Seymour
Age: 77 | From: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1947-11-06 04:16:07
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 21
Most Famous Work
Biography
Carolyn Seymour is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series Survivors. Born Carolyn von Benckendorf in Buckinghamshire, to a Russian father and an Irish mother. One of her earliest television roles was as Jenny in the BBC drama series Take Three Girls. and an early film appearance was as Zita in the film Steptoe and Son (1972) alongside Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. Her best-known movie role remains Grace Gurney in The Ruling Class (also 1972), opposite Peter O'Toole. She left Survivors at the end of its first series, due to disagreements with the producers over the direction the show and her character were taking. She appeared in the Space: 1999 episode "The Seance Spectre", and with Joan Collins in The Bitch. She then moved to the United States and made numerous television appearances including Hart to Hart, Modesty Blaise, Family Ties, Cagney & Lacey, Remington Steele, Magnum, P.I., The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, Matlock, Quantum Leap; Star Trek: The Next Generation, Civil Wars, L.A. Law, Red Shoe Diaries, Star Trek: Voyager, and ER. She has also contributed voice work for several Star Wars video games, portraying characters such as Shmi Skywalker and Mon Mothma. She provides the voice for the Locust Queen Myrrah in Gears of War, Dr. Karin Chakwas in the Mass Effect series and the Elder God of Water in Mortal Kombat Annihilation. She has played in audio plays by L.A. Theatre Works and The Hollywood Theater of the Ear, and recently began narrating audiobooks. Since 2014, she has played Abby Grant in Big Finish Productions' Survivors series, based on the book by Terry Nation and the television series. From 2014 onwards, she has voiced Bierce in Dark Deception.
Most Famous Work
Star Trek: Voyager
(1995) Mrs. Templeton
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(1987) Commander Toreth
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Alice Montrose
Quantum Leap
(1989) Priscilla Stoltz
L.A. Law
(1986) Vivian Askoff
ER
(1994) Dr. Skoft
Magnum, P.I.
(1980) Elizabeth, Lady Ashley
Babylon 5
(1994) Senator CrosbyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2007 | Maxine De Winter | |
| 2002 | Vivian Sims | |
| 2000 | Nina | |
| 1999 | Carolyn Johnns-Gaines | |
| Atty. Marla Rosen | ||
| 1997 | Elder God #2 | |
| 1996 | Kala In-Ze (voice) | |
| Aleutian Woman (voice) / Mother (voice) | ||
| 1995 | Eleanor Romy | |
| Mrs. Templeton | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Evelyn Turnbull | |
| Dr. Skoft | ||
| N/A | ||
| Senator Crosby | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1991 | N/A | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Orion | ||
| 1989 | Dorothy Difrasso | |
| Zoey | ||
| Priscilla Stoltz | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1987 | Subcommander Taris | |
| Mirasta Yale | ||
| Commander Toreth | ||
| 1986 | Vivian Askoff | |
| Rachel Hawkins | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1985 | N/A | |
| Prime Manager | ||
| 1984 | Alice Montrose | |
| Aisha Candisha (voice) | ||
| Andrea Caldwell / Director | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| Madame Mori | ||
| Eve | ||
| 1982 | Shelby Haines | |
| Lorraine Ferrar | ||
| N/A | ||
| Debbie DeFarge | ||
| 1981 | Adele | |
| Dolores | ||
| 1980 | Elizabeth, Lady Ashley | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Polly Logan | ||
| 1978 | Angie | |
| 1977 | Danica | |
| 1975 | Eva | |
| Abby Grant | ||
| Christine Smith | ||
| 1973 | Della | |
| 1972 | Grace Shelley | |
| Zita | ||
| 1971 | Alison Wyatt | |
| Joy Mostyn | ||
| Silvia | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
